Manel Xifra Boada (1928-2005)
was a charismatic businessman, who knew how to motivate and thrill his business partners, and to build a real sense of belonging to a community, the community of the flexible packaging. He also knew the importance of working jointly to increase the sector’s technological level. As part of his legacy, we are left with this collective spirit of collaboration and knowledge exchange for the good of the sector which he knew how to transfer to the professionals who knew him. This is the reason why the CTec bears his name.
A life that we summarize in three big legacies
The Company
The Innovation and Training Centre
The stimulus for the profession
An indelible imprint in the world of Industrial Engineering
1954
Manel Xifra i Boada founds Comexi. In a very short time, Comexi grew from a small workshop that provided services to the paper industry to a big company.
Then, it began a long history of leadership in flexible packaging with two well defined characteristics:
Internationalisation. The market is the world. Technology. Innovation is a requirement.
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A constant and safe way of working that has led Comexi to a €100m turnover in 2010
Today Comexi is a consolidated group
It moves from being a machinery supplier to be a technological partner of our clients.
For this reason, the Comexi CTec (Manel Xifra i Boada Technology Center) was founded
Three ideas that always had the spirit of Manel Xifra i Boada, great defender of the sharing knowledge
Prestigious Awards
Prize to Technology given by the Industry Department of the Catalan government
First Prize of Medium-sized companies (PIMEC) 1999
Francesc Macià medal for Professional Merits given by the Catalan government (1999)
Award to the Internationalisation of the Catalan Economy (1998)
Award to the Entrepreneur in the category of Internationalisation, given by Ernst and Young, La Caixa and Cinco Días
Award to the export in 1989, 1994 and 2004 given by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Shipping
Awards to the Internationalisation of the Catalan Economy 2003, given by the Catalan Government
EMAS European Award in 2015 in eco-innovation, in the large company category, for the Comexi CI8 offset printer, given by the European Commission.
2005
Comexi Group created the Manel Xifra & Boada Awards to recognize engineering as a diffused, consolidated and distinct profession. They are established in 3 categories: Best Professional Career, Transmission of Scientific and Technical Knowledge, and the Best Final University Project acknowledgment given by the Polytechnic Superior School of the UdG.
At the first edition, Manel Xifra was awarded posthumously
